February 17, (THEWILL) – Violent protests erupted in parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Friday morning, over the scarcity of Naira notes.
Mostly hit by the protest were Ikwerre Road and Diobu axis of the state capital, especially Mile Three, Mile Two and Mile One, as well as Okija Street and Ikoku Spare Parts Market area.
However, hoodlums seem to have hijacked the protest, looting shops, as well as robbing residents, commuters and motorists of their belongings.
THEWILL gathered that most motorists abandoned their vehicles along the roads and fled to avoid falling prey to the hoodlums.
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command, drawn from Mile One Police Division, Mile Three Police Division, as well as the Olu Obasanjo Police Division and the Octopus Crack Unit, were deployed along strategic points in Diobu and other areas of the garden city.
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